It is the most difficult target group to purchase an electric car, lovers of American muscle cars. Dodge thinks this will work. This is the all-electric Dodge Charger Daytona SRT. According to the brand, it drives like a Dodge, feels like a Dodge, sounds like a Dodge and ‘coincidentally’ is an electric car.
For now, the Dodge Charger Daytona SRT is still a concept. The car should give an idea of what Dodge’s electric future will look like. It would also be the first electric car with an ‘exhaust’ that reaches up to 126 dB. That is louder than an ambulance and comes close to a plane taking off. You can hear how this Charger sounds at the bottom of the page.
How does the exhaust work under an electric car?
Dodge calls it the Fratzonic Chambered Exhaust. The system pushes its unique performance sound through an amplifier and tuning chamber at the rear of the vehicle. It looks like they have a speaker blaring through an exhaust pipe that acts as a resonance chamber. At 126 dB, this Charger Daytona SRT would be just as loud as a Hellcat.
The electric powertrain runs on 800 volts. The power of the Dodge Charger Daytona SRT is not yet known, only that it is faster than a Hellcat. That would equate to a 0-100 time of less than 3.7 seconds and a top speed of over 300 km/h. To reach high speeds, the electric Daytona has a gearbox – something you don’t often see in an EV.
Something that is not immediately noticeable is the special nose. Above the full-length headlights (with a profile reminiscent of the grille of classic Chargers) is a slot through which air passes to create downforce. Dodge calls this the R-Wing and it’s a nod to the original Daytona from over 50 years ago. Ferrari applies similar aerodynamics to street models. It is not yet known what the electric muscle car will cost.
The sound of the electric Dodge Charger Daytona SRT
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